DURHAM, N.C. - For the third straight year, 16 USA Baseball alumni were drafted in the first round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, including number one overall pick, Royce Lewis. USA Baseball has had 298 total alumni drafted in the first round since 2000 and 2017 marks the 15th time since 2001 that the first overall pick played for the red, white and blue.

The Minnesota Twins started the 2017 draft by selecting 2014 15U and 2016 18U National Team alumnus Royce Lewis with the first pick of the draft. He is the fifth consecutive USA Baseball alum to be selected number one overall following Mickey Moniak (2016), Dansby Swanson (2015), Brady Aiken (2014) and Mark Appel (2013).

Lewis helped lead the 2016 18U National Team to a gold medal in the COPABE Pan Am "AAA" Championships in Monterrey, Mexico, and participated in the USA Baseball National High School Invitational (NHSI) with JSerra Catholic High School (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) in 2015.

Four national team programs were represented in the 2017 draft, including 11 from the Collegiate National Team, five from the 18U National Team, three from the 15U National Team and one that played for the 14U National Team.

Hunter Greene (No. 2, Cincinnati Reds), Shane Baz (No. 12, Pittsburgh Pirates), and Nick Pratto (No. 14, Kansas City Royals) were also members of the gold-medal winning 2016 18U National Team with Lewis. Greene and Pratto also played on the 15U National Team in 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Adam Haseley (No. 8, Philadelphia Phillies) played for the former 14U National Team program in 2010 and won a gold medal at the 2013 International Baseball Federation (IBAF) "AAA"/18U World Cup in Tiachung, Taiwan with the 18U National Team.

In addition to the 16 alumni selected in the first round of this year's draft, 20 alumni were taken in Rounds 2-10 Monday night and Tuesday afternoon. The draft continues Wednesday, June 14, with Rounds 11-40 starting at 12 p.m. ET.

The full list of USA Baseball alumni selected in the first round of the 2017 MLB Draft is as follows: